Kay Walsh
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Filmography
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The Magnet
(1950)Ten-year-old Johnny Brent (William Fox - The Servant) tricks a young boy to swap him a toy magnet for his ‘invisible watch’. Troubled afterwards by his conscience, Johnny rids himself of the magnet by presenting it to a charitable fund. When news of this touching sacrifice by an unknown child appeals to the imagination of the sentimental public, the magnet is auctioned for charity and raises several hundred pounds. This leads to a search to find the donor, and when Johnny learns of this he concludes that is wanted by the police for obtaining the magnet by false pretences, prompting him to go on the run! Directed by Academy Award nominee Charles Frend (Scott of the Antarctic), written by Academy Award winner T.E.B. Clarke (The Lavender Hill Mob), and co-starring Stephen Murray (A Tale of Two Cities) and Kay Walsh (Oliver Twist), The Magnet is an outstanding Ealing comedy.

The Witches
(1966)Gwen Mayfield, an English schoolteacher working as a missionary in Africa, suddenly finds herself being victimised by a tribe of local witch doctors. Exposed to the deadly powers of the occult she’s left deeply traumatised. In an effort to recover Gwen takes up a position in a rural school within the British countryside. But the idyllic village surroundings become increasingly sinister...

Sons of the Sea
(1939)1939. A cadet and military captain investigate murder at a military college, suspecting the victim was targeted. They race to uncover the truth and stop the killer before he strikes again, amid suspicious professors and intelligence operations.

Cast a Dark Shadow
(1955)Edward `Teddy' Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy foolishly sets his sights on a new victim.

Last Holiday
(1950)George Bird has been told by his Doctor that he only has a short time left to live and is determined not to waste his final days.

Oliver Twist
(1948)In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from a cruel apprenticeship to a den of thieves searching for a proper home.

In Which We Serve
(1942)This film is the story of the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, from its origins to its sinking during World War II, and the crew aboard it.

Stage Fright
(1950)Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock ("Psycho," "Vertigo") presents a thrilling tale of murder and a chase for the killer through a crowded theatre in this all-star classic featuring Jane Wyman ("Falcon Crest") and screen legend Marlene Dietrich ("The Blue Angel").

The Virgin and the Gypsy
(1970)Adapted from a novella by D H Lawrence. Yvette, restless and beautiful, returns with her sister Lucille from the relative freedom of a French finishing school to the claustrophobic, guilt-ridden, rectory in the North of England that is her home. There is immediate tension with her Father, the pedantic country Rector, her pale pious maiden Aunt Cissie and her aged Grandmother.